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HAMANN v. RIDGE TOOL CO

Docket No. 155414.

213 Mich. App. 252 (1995)

539 N.W.2d 753

HAMANN v. RIDGE TOOL COMPANY

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided September 5, 1995, at 9:10 A.M.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Skinner & Wildeboer (by John L. Wildeboer), for the plaintiffs.

Bodman, Longley & Dahling (by Theodore Souris, David G. Chardavoyne, and Deanna L. Dixon), and Smith & Brooker, P.C. (by James W. Tarter), for the defendant.

Before: DOCTOROFF, C.J., and NEFF and CONNOR, JJ.

CONNOR, J.

Defendant, Ridge Tool Company, appeals as of right from a jury verdict of $520,000 for plaintiff Ronald Hamann and $70,000 for plaintiff Patricia Hamann.1 We reverse and remand for a new trial.

During a bridge reinforcement project in 1988, fifty-year-old plaintiff, an ironworker, used a cable hoist purchased from defendant Ridge Tool Company. Plaintiff, who stood in a...

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